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SOCIALSAIAD
PLEASANTLY REPORTED FOR
SUNDAY’S CALL.
Oh heart of mine, We shouldn't
Worry ao I .
Whet we’re missed ofcalm we couldn’t
Have, yon know I *
What we’ve missed of stormy pain,
And of sorrow ’s driving rain,
We can better meet again
We have erred in that dark honr
We have known.
When onr tears fell with the shower,
AH Stone-
Ware not shine and shadow blent
As the Gracious Master meant?
Let ns temper onr content
With His own.
For, we know, not every morrow
Can be sad;
So, forgetting all the sorrow
We have had,
Let us fold away our fears
And put by our foolish tears,
And through all the coming years
Just be glad.
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On thia day, when in every heart
here abides the sweet feeling of eheer
and content, of “Peace on earth, good
will to men,” there comes with It a
feeling of how we have tired in the
years agone, and of how we will live
in the years to come. We live in the
things which are unseen and iutang
ible which we have never looked up
on with onr eyes nor grasped with onr
hands. We live by means of houses,
food, raiment, warmth, exercise; we
travel, talk, amuse ourselves; we em
ploy a vast number of instruments
for our pleasure and a host of agen
cies for our comfort. All these things
we use and profit by ; but we live in
and through qualities, possessions,
passions, convictions, and activities
which are intangible and invisible.
Wo live in and through love, faith,
hope, duty devotionpsacrifice ;ibeee are
the words which compass our deepest
life, and makes that life valuable and
significant to us The great strug
gle* of the race have been for ideas
and principles and sentiments; the
real bequests of the pact are costate
moral or intellectual qualities which
instantly move over the horizon of
the mind when the words Jew, Greek,
Homan, are mentioned in our bearing.
It is one of the divine mysteries of
man's life in this world that, while he
is always dealing with material
things, struggling for them, storing
them up, and counting himself rich
or poor as be increases or diminishes
them, be io ready at any moment to
bold them as dust in the balances if
the things be carries in bis heart are
in peril. He will open the dikes and
destroy the country he has worked
centuries to create rather than suffer
her enemies to possess bis; be will
sacrifice everything be has accumula
ted for the love of those nearest him.
Immersed in materialism, man is al*
ways at heart an idealist; putting bis
strength into the mastery and acqui
sition of things, be is always finding
hie life in ideas, emotions, convictions,
He works with the material, but be
lives in the spiritual. If the spiritual
is withdrawn horn him, he withers
like a flower from which the light has
departed. If those with whom we
live under the eame roof are invieible,
and the tbinge which bold and eway
us, as the moon controls the tides, are
intangible, is it strange that God is
not witbin the grasp of the band, nor
the realm of those who have laid
aside the garments which we once
knew within the range of the eye?
We pass through a room which is
lenantlese, but there is a flower io a
vase, and straightway we know that
one has been there. We go alone into
a bouse, and immediately an unseen
person stands beside us evolved in
memory by a thousand touches of the
hand, a host of small, inanimate
things, which, through the disclosure
of a selective principle, fill
the house with manifold suggestions
of an invisable personality. So today
at Bethldbem and the Mount of Olives
a figure stands beside the traveler
whose hands no human hand has
touched these many centuries; and in
the vast universe which God made
and through which He has passed,
there are evidences of His care. We
do not see Him any more clearly than
we see ourselves, but because He
livee we live, and because we live He
must live.
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A charming event and one charac
terized by an atmosphere of genuine
happiness and pleasure, was the affair
given by Mrs. James D. Rivera last
Wednesday afternoon, in compliment
to the Social Circle. The pretty reel
deece, an Broad street, was particular
ly lovely in its decorations. The band*
some drawing rooms wore a beautiful
array of holly and mistletoe, .nd other
Christmas greens. The dining room
wee especially effective in its floral
adorameuts. The table from which
the refreshments were served, was a
masterpiece of art. Mrs. Rivers is very
handsome and attractive always, and
never appeared more so than on Wed*
nesday afternoon She wore a mag
nificent gowu of black taffetas, with
trimmings of white mousaelaine de
soie and jet, which was exceedingly
becoming The Misses Rivers and
Miss Horne, of Washington,C , who
served the elegant refreshment*, wore
lovely afternoon toilettes. Among
those present were Mrs. B R; Blakely,
Mrs. James Mills, Mrs. J. W/ McWill
iams, Mrs Seneca Sawtell, jdiss Sarah
Malone, Mrs. Amelia Johnson, Mrs.
Thompson, Mrs E. P. Johnson, Mrs.
Lee Manley, Mrs. W, H. Boyles, Miss
Mary Boyles, Mrs. B. B. Davis, Mrs.
Thomas Patterson.
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The Daughter’s of the Confederacy
will meet the second Wednesday in
each month, beginning with January.
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The many friends of Mr. J. Albert
Brooks and Miss Bailie Hair will be
greatly interested to learn of their en
gagement. Mr. Brooks is one of our
most prominent and influential busi
ness men—be is widely known and
universally popular. Miss Hair is the
daughter of the late Col. Hair, of Lex
ington, Ky., and is a very charming
young woman, who, by her warm>
sunny nature, has endeared herself to
all who know her. Miss Hair spent
the past summer in Griffin, and her
innumerable friends here will gladly
welcome her in their midst once more.
The marriage of Mr. Brooks and Miss
Hair will be solemnized at the beauti
ful Hair borne in Lexington early in
the coming year.
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The Hawthorne Club will meet as
usual with Mrs. Walter Ellie on next
Tuesday afternoon. The following
program will be given :
Quotations relating to Ralph Waldo
Emerson.
Original paper on McKinley’s recent
visit to Atlanta—Miss Head.
Selected poem—Mrs. Henry Walker.
Living character of Gen. Gordon—Mrs.
Douglas Boyd, ' ! ,
Duet—Mrs. Joseph Thomas and Miss
Janie Brawner. - t
Current events—Mrs. E. L. Hanes.
Short talk on Emerson’s essay, “Girls,”
—Mrs. Victor Brown.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bass have issued
invitations to the marriage of their
daughter, Miss Bessie, to Mr. Edward
Ezekiel Bass, on Wednesday after
noon, January the fourth, at their
home in Devereux, Ga. Mr. Baes was
was for a number of years a resident
of this city, and by his straightforward
business qualities and genial disposie
lion, won the good will and respect of
all. He has chosen for bis life com*
panion a woman of the noblest south
ern type.
• • •
Mies Theo Tinsley, of Macon, arriv*
ed in the city yesterday and for several
days will be the guest of Miss Nall, at
her home on South Hill street. Miss
Tinsley is a frequent and always ads
mired visitor to Griffin, and as usual,
will have much delightful attention
shown her. Miss Nall will return to
Macon with Miss Tinsley, whose guest
she will be for several weeks.
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The Current Topics Club will meet
with Mrs. Thomas Mills Wednesday
morning at 10 o’clock.
• • •
Mrs. T J. Collier will entertain the
Mystic Circle next Thursday afternoon
at 3 o’clock.
• • •
The Misses Smith will entertain the
Thirteen Club Friday afternoon at the
Nelms House.
The Modern Mother
Has found that her little ones are improv
ed more by the pleasant Syrup of Figs
when in need of the laxative effect of a
gentle remedy than.by any other, and that
it is more acceptable to them. Children
enjoy it and it benefits them. The true
remedy, Syrup of Jigs, is manufactured by
the California Jig Syrup Company only.
ca.«tor.xa..
Th.- uh Kind Ym Hiw Always Bought
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BRIFFIN, &EOR6IA, SUNDAY MOBNINB, DECEMBER 85,1818. •
■varans tboom tv cna
Necessary to Have A Largs Number
There at Evacuation.
Washington, Dec. 24 —There is ev
ery evidence in the war department
that strenuous efforts are being made
to pot enough troops te
Cuba to meet any call upon them
through the speedy evacuation of, the
Spanish garrisons.
All the transports available at At
lantic ports are being prepared under
rush orders for sailing south. The
Spanish are carrying out their evfccu
ation contract with unusual celerity,
and there is some question whether
American troops can be cooewatteted
at certain poiota befpre the Spaniards
leave. Meantime the Cubans are pre
paring for demonstrations during
evacuation week, and it is thought
very desirable to have an adequate
force on band to prevent an outbreak
that would jeopardize the American
entente at the outset.
There will be thirteen custom ports
on the Cuban coast to be turned over
to American control, and although
some of these doubtless will be closed,
these porta will require a large
guard. Beside this, the department is
having quite a search for competent
customs men understanding Spanish
to fill the custom offices.
Discovered, by a Woman.
Another great discovery has been
made, and that too, by a lady in this
country. “Disease fastened its clutches
upon her and for seven years she with
stood its severest tests, but her vital
organs were undermined and death
seemed imminent. For three months
she coughed incessantly, and could
not sleep. She finally discovered a
way to recovery, by purchasing of us a
bottle of Dr. King’s New Discovery.for
Consumption, and was so much reliev
ed on taking first dose, that she slept
all night; and with two bottle has been
absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs.
Lather Lutz’ Thus writes W. 0.
Hamnick & Co , ol Shelby, N. C. Trial
bottles free at J. N. Harris & Son’s and
Carlisle & Ward’s drug store. Regu*
lar size 5Qq aad. MOO.—Jteery bottle
guaranteed.
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Peace Commissioners Return.
New York, Dec. 24.—Judge Wil
liam R. Day, Senator C. K. Davis,
Senator George Gray, Senator W. P.
Frye and Whilelaw Reid, the United
States commissioners to arrange a
peace treaty with Spain, reached
home today on board the steamer St.
Louis.
Holding that the rule governing
their diplomatic mission is still in
force, none of the gentlemen named
would speak at length regarding the
work at Paris. They took the first
train to Washington, carrying the
treaty of peace with them.
Yellow Jaundice Cured.
Suffering humanity should be sup
plied with every means possible for its
relief. It is with pleasure we publish
the following : “This is to certify that
I was a terrible sufferer from Yellow
Jaundice for over six months, and was
treated by some of the best physicians
in our city and all to no avail. Dr.
Bell, our druggist, recommended Elec
tric Bitters; and after taking two bot
tles, I was entirely cured. I now take
great pleasure in recommending them
to any person suffering from this ter
rible malady. lam gratefully yours,
M. A. Hogarty, Lexington, Ky.” Sold
by J. N. Harris & Bon and Carlisle <fc
Ward, druggists.
Pitta’ Carminative aids digestion, regu
lates the bowels, cures Cholera Infantum,
Cholera Morbus, Dysentery, Pains, Grip
ing, Flatulent Colic, Unnatural Drains
from the Bowels, and all diseases incident
to teething children. For all summer com
plaints it is a specific. Perfectly harmless
and free from injurious drugs and chemi
cal
Methodist Church.
Preaching at 11 a m. by Rev. B. H.
Basnett. Sunday school at 9:45. Pub
lic cordially invited.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Ths KM You Have Always Bugbt
Bears the
Signature of
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve-'
THE BEST SALVE in the world for
i Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Balt Rheum
Fever Bores, Tetter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re
quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfection or money refunded. Price 25
cents per box, -For sale by J. N.
Harris & Bon and Carlisle A Ward.
s
RoYal
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream ot tartar*
Safeguards the food
against alum
—— *W**T“*> &
mensem to iwsltn ot me present nay.
At the Olympic Theatre.
At the Olympia Theatre next Thurs
day night, the Lilian Tucker Co will
present the beautiful comedy “A Hero
in Rags” as the opening bill of a three
nights engagement, a matinee being
given on Saturday.
Popular prices, 10, 20 sod 30 cents
will prevail and on Thursday night
one lady will be admitted free with
each paid 30 cent ticket.
Miss Tucker and her company have
received most flattering notices from
the large cittes of the south and most
enjoyable performances are promised.
Reserved seats now on sale.
No Paper Tuesday
It has always been thq custom ol The
Call Io miss one issue during Christ,
mac week and give our feroe one day
for rest and recreation. We will ob
serve this custom as usual, and will
issue no paper next Tuesday.
The Call wishes all its patrons and
friends a merry Christmas, and until
next Wednesday, bids tffem adieu.
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fig Stbuf
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fig Strop Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the Cali
fornia Fig Strop Co. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It is
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get jts beneficial
effects, please remember the name ot
the Company—
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FBANCISC*, C.L
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theatre 2J:
Three nighto, commencing Thursday, Dec.
29th, Saturday matinee.
LILIAN TUCKER CO.
In a repertoire of new and up"to-date
Comedies. Thursday night
‘A Hero in Bags’
Change of Play Nightly
Prices—lo,2o and 80 cento.' One lady
1 free Thursday night with each paid 30c.
ticket. Reserved seats now on sale at
, Reeve’s Pharmacy Co.
FtrSato.
The Hughes place, 2 miles north of Gris
fin; good 5-room house, big barn, bermuda
pasture, etc. 871-2 acres of land. Easy
terms. A. 8. Bt.akk,
R.F.Stricklami&Co.
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Christmas Preparations.
THIS YEAR, OF ALL YEARS, YOU WILL NEED TO GIVE USEFUL I
RATHER THAN PURELY ORNAMENTAL XMAB PRESENTS. IN OUR
DRY GOODS Department
ARE MANY THINGS THAT WILL MAKE GLAD HEARTS FOB MOTHER
OR ISTER AND GLAD POCKETS FOR YOU,
' Beautiful Dress Patterns 81.50 to |6 00.
Black Dress Goods 90c to 75c.
72-inch Batin Damask worth 75c, reduced to 60c.
70-inoh Batin Damask worth 60c, reduced to 48c.
I'*" 73-inch Unbleached Damask worth 65c, reduced to 50c.
75 paragon frame steel rod Umbrellas at 98c, worth $1.25.
White Bilk Handkerchief 25c to 50c-
Japanese Enltial Handkerchiefs 8 for 25c.
Ladles Bernsdorf black Rose 10c to 85c.
Men and Boys Ties and Bear* 25c and 60c.
R and G Corsets new shapes 50c to sl.
A large variety of Cuff Buttons, Hat Pins and Beauty Pins.
Whits Counterpanes 114 75c to $2.
A pair of ou Warm Shoues would make Glad Feet and Glad Hearts for any one
more do you want for Christm as?
R. F. STRICKLAND & CO.
Looking Backward!
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The memory of Christmas shoppers usually
turns to bargains, and to
L. W. Goddard & Sodu
V —they go fob—
Rockers,
Dining Room Chairs,
Onyx Tables,
Lounges,
Couches,
Brass and White
Enameled Beds
before buying your
Mhas Finitm
INSPECT THE STOCK OF
L. W. GODDARD a SON.
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|GBIFFINSand
10 CENT STORE.
ODD FELLOW’S BUILDING.. I
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) We have the Largest and Beet Selected Stock of OHRISTMAS
Goods in Griffin. Our stock is comprised of Dolls, China Fov< < -< "
elties, Tin and Iron Toys, Silver Novelties, Bisque Figures,
Wagons and articles too numerous to mention ’in the way of
r Holiday wants. All at prices to suit the times. Every
' child must be remembered. A tew cents will make the little
ones happy here. So be sure to give us a look.
EDWARDS BROS.
Ten Carta per Week
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